• Drought's impact on Mississippi River causes disruptions in shipping and agriculture

    Drought's impact on Mississippi River causes disruptions in shipping and agriculture

    Nov 17, 2022 11:40 PM EDT

    ... m sure it hasn't made the radar of most officials. But it sure seems like it's happening more and more frequently. And, with global warming, I think we need to be prepared. The Mississippi River is so important, not only to commerce, but for recreation. And the northern ...

  • Women lead talks on tough climate change topic: reparations

    Women lead talks on tough climate change topic: reparations

    Nov 17, 2022 08:44 PM EDT

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Men usually outnumber and outrank women negotiators in climate talks, except when it comes to global warming's thorniest diplomatic issue this year — reparations for climate disasters. The issue of polluting nations paying vulnerable countries is handed over to women, who got the issue on ...

  • Climate change negotiators in Egypt say they remain far from a deal

    Climate change negotiators in Egypt say they remain far from a deal

    Nov 17, 2022 08:05 PM EDT

    ... China, wants “at the very least a political announcement of intent” on rich polluters providing new financial aid to poor nations for the effects of global warming. She made clear that she didn’t not expect “a slew of finance” to result from the meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh but ...

  • Analysis: 4 ways the financial puzzle of climate change is being addressed at COP27

    Analysis: 4 ways the financial puzzle of climate change is being addressed at COP27

    Nov 16, 2022 07:48 PM EDT

    ... progress at COP27. Getting to net zero – without greenwashing First, the goal – getting the world to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to stop global warming – is clearer. The last climate conference, COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, nearly fell apart over frustration that international finance wasn’t flowing to developing ...

  • Climate activists splash black liquid on famous Klimt painting in Vienna

    Climate activists splash black liquid on famous Klimt painting in Vienna

    Nov 15, 2022 11:02 PM EDT

    ... hugging people on the right side. It's one of the latest pieces of art to be targeted by climate activists to draw attention to global warming.Different activist groups have staged numerous demonstrations in recent months, including blocking streets and throwing mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in ...

  • Envoys from the U.S. and China, the world's top polluters, meet at COP27 Summit

    Envoys from the U.S. and China, the world's top polluters, meet at COP27 Summit

    Nov 15, 2022 07:54 PM EDT

    ... countries. All they care about is power, pure and simple.” Samoa's prime minister appealed to countries to respond as strongly to the threat of global warming as they did to the coronavirus pandemic.Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa said her country and other Pacific states are “at the mercy of climate ...

  • African nations demand more money for removing greenhouse gas emissions

    African nations demand more money for removing greenhouse gas emissions

    Nov 14, 2022 09:18 PM EDT

    ... A study released at the U.N. summit on Saturday by the Africa Climate Policy Centre found that the continent stands a chance of limiting global warming to temperatures set in the Paris agreement if the price of a carbon credit is pegged at $120 per ton of carbon. That ...

  • What’s on the climate agenda as COP27 enters its final week

    What’s on the climate agenda as COP27 enters its final week

    Nov 13, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    For 27 years, the United Nations has held annual gatherings of world leaders to discuss how to combat climate change. Yet progress towards the goal of stopping global warming has been elusive, and this year’s summit is happening against the backdrop of host country Egypt's record of human ...

  • Biden cracks down on methane emissions despite push for more oil to lower gas prices

    Biden cracks down on methane emissions despite push for more oil to lower gas prices

    Nov 11, 2022 08:02 PM EDT

    ... at COP27 U.N. climate conference Biden announced a supplemental rule cracking down on emissions of methane — a potent greenhouse gas that contributes significantly to global warming and packs a stronger short-term punch than even carbon dioxide — as he attended a global climate conference in Egypt. "We're racing ...

  • WATCH: Biden touts U.S. spending at COP27 U.N. climate conference

    WATCH: Biden touts U.S. spending at COP27 U.N. climate conference

    Nov 11, 2022 02:38 PM EDT

    But even with these fresh efforts, America and the world have a long way to go to meet emissions targets that scientists hope will contain global warming. And the political will for more investment is shrinking. It remained to be seen whether Biden would address the item top of mind ...